“By removing bottlenecks and improving access to local enterprise zones, key international trading ports and communities, these road schemes will help get people to and from work and power the economy.

“They also have the potential to help deliver more than 300,000 new jobs and 150,000 new homes.”

Commenting on the Wansford junction improvements, Shailesh Vara (Con), MP for North West Cambridgeshire, said: “This is excellent news.

“It should help to alleviate some of the problems experienced by a number of people.

“It’s particularly good that we will have this expenditure despite the difficult economic climate at present.”